Pushing the internal or external dimensions of metallic alloys down to the nanometer scale
gives rise to strong materials, though most often at the expense of a low ductility and a low …

Nanocrystalline metals have been shown to exhibit unique mechanical behavior, including
break-down in Hall-Petch behavior, suppression of dislocation-mediated plasticity, induction …

Tensile strength, fatigue strength and ductility are important properties of nanostructured
metallic materials, which make them suitable for use in applications where strength or …

Nanocrystalline metals and alloys, with average and range of grain sizes typically smaller
than 100 nm, have been the subject of considerable research in recent years. Such interest …

The trade-off of strength and ductility of metals has long plagued materials scientists. To
resolve this issue, great efforts have been devoted over the past decades to developing a …

Focusing on nanocrystalline (nc) pure face-centered cubic metals, where systematic
experimental data are available, this paper presents a brief overview of the recent progress …

Micro-and nanomechanical testing has seen a rapid development over the last decade with
miniaturized test rigs and MEMS-based devices providing access to the mechanical …

Ductility is one of the most important mechanical properties for metallic structural materials. It
is measured as the elongation to failure of a sample during standard uniaxial tensile tests …

Nanostructured metals and alloys are under intensive research worldwide and being
developed into bulk forms for application. While these new materials offer record-high …

The limited ductility of metallic thin films (< 1%) poses a challenge to MEMS and flexible
electronics applications. Here, we report on freestanding gold specimens with the …